Cops: Fairfield man awaiting trial caught selling heroin

Updated 11:49 pm, Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Salman Sumra, 28, of Homeland Street, Fairfield, was charged with three counts of sale of narcotics. He was released after posting $100,000 bond.

Salman Sumra, 28, of Homeland Street, Fairfield, was charged with three counts of sale of narcotics. He was released after posting $100,000 bond.

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Cops: Fairfield man awaiting trial caught selling heroin

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BRIDGEPORT -- A Fairfield man awaiting trial for allegedly assaulting his 12-year-old nephew was arrested again after police said he was caught selling heroin from his lawyer's Mercedes-Benz convertible.

Salman Sumra, 28, of Homeland Street, Fairfield, was charged with three counts of sale of narcotics. He was released after posting $100,000 bond.

According to police, Sumra made three sales of heroin to a cooperating witness earlier this month from the Mercedes-Benz at locations in Bridgeport and Stratford.

Police confirmed that the car is owned by a local lawyer, but did not name him and said the lawyer has not been charged in the case.

According to police, in June members of the Statewide Narcotics Task Force received information that Sumra, known on the street as "Sal," was selling heroin. Using the cooperating witness, police said task force members arranged to purchase heroin from Sumra.

On July 9, police said Sumra arrived at the prearranged location in the city in the Mercedes-Benz and exchanged heroin for cash with the witness.

The following day, police said another purchase was arranged and Sumra again pulled up in the car and sold a quantity of heroin to the cooperating witness.

On July 12, police said task force members arranged to make a heroin purchase from Sumra, but this time they said he arranged to meet them at a location in Stratford after he said he met with his lawyer.

In April Sumra and a friend, Raheem Jefferson, were arrested after Fairfield police said they lured Sumra's nephew to Sumra's garage where they assaulted the boy. Police said Sumra later offered the boy an XBox if he would remain quiet about the incident.